19/4 Oy-Vienna Filmfestival Israel: Gurbet – Away From Home

By Derschmidt • 01:28 AM • Category: Film, Oy-Vienna

A 2008 Kenan Kilic

19/4/09 17:00h Cinematheque Tel Aviv

26/4/09 19:00h Cinematheque Haifa

They arrived 40 years ago, brought into the country as “guest workers”. People with hopes, fears and also with heavy hearts as the departure from their homeland was often a permanent adieu. Today, this first generation of guest workers are approaching the end of their working lives in Austria. How did they experience this time and how do they deal with their new situation: growing old in a foreign land?

http://gurbet-derfilm.at

(120 min., Ger. & Turk., Heb. Sub)